Kat's Playbook

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3.  I finished my first week as a student teacher and absolutely love it.  Still working on learning 170 student names and lesson planning, but I already know that it is all worth and where I am suppose to be.






10.  Holy Crap the Broncos won!!!! 

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2.  Two more days at my current J-O-B.  A woohooo!!!

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My suggestion for next month...something else a little more up beat or else I will pick for everyone to read this:


3.  THREE more days at my current J-O-B.  Three.

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2.  I should be doing homework or going to bed at this time.  Instead, I am facebooking and blogging.
 

4.  FOUR More days at my current job!!  Are you excited??  Because I sure am!!

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1.  I am still on a high about the Bronco's win today against the Chargers.  It reinforces that a close second to watching Jay Cutler fail is watching Philip Rivers do just the same.  My soon-to-be-BFF-Tebow did a fantastic job  (even when allowed to throw.)  I have to give some MAJOR props to that O-Line for letting the T-mister have an eternity in the pocket.  But either way, the win feels great and this season is looking up!!!  

4.  I did a sake bomb for my first time at my bestie's bday dinner.  Any "shot" that involves chugging beer is a win in my book.

5.  FIVE MORE DAYS at my current job.  Yes.  Five.  (Stay tuned for the next chapter in my life).

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1. The Story - Brandi Carlile (I love this song for many reasons.  One, it is just a beautiful song.  But two, it was the very song that ESPN played during a story about Joe Paterno that brought on the pregnancy water works in an instant.  I heart you, Papa Joe)
2. Glory Days - Bruce Sprinsteen (Just who isn't living or reminiscing their glory days?!?)
3. We're Young and Beautiful - Carrie Underwood  (Gator Guy has a major crush on Carrie Underwood, as any man should.  And for some reason this is the song that I really believe I can sound just like her.  Only in my own world, but still...it makes me just want to Belt it out.)
4. Hook - Blues Traveler (Every time we hear this song, Gator Guy just has to say, "Damn this is a good song."  So why now listen to the Damn Good Song first thing in the morning)
5. It's Alright - Big Head Todd and the Monsters (Well because....it's alright)
6. Down on the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Obviously any day is a good day when you can start it out with a little CCR)
7. Vision of Love - Mariah Carey (Don't you just miss the old days when Mariah could rock the high notes?  Because I sure do) 
8. Suspicious Minds - Elvis (I love Elvis.  And this song is just enough Elvis to listen to that won't cause me to get up and shake my hips.)
9. Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson  (MJ totally had to listen to this first thing in the morning.)
10. Kandi - One eskimO  (Can't you just picture it??  Stage just like MTV's Unplugged and I am  the one singing, "he called me babe"...and playing the tamborine)
11. Bright Side of the Road - Van Morrison (Van is the Man.  Enough said)
12. Raindrops from the Sun - Imani Coppola  (I imagine myself in a commerical for this one, perhaps drinking a light beer with butterflies and rainbows everywhere.)
13. Ok, It's Alright With Me - Eric Hutchinson (Love this guy.  He makes me want to seize the day)
14. Stuck in the Middle With You - Steelers Wheel  ("Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, Here I am."   I can't help but laugh at this one and think of the Dude and Gal sitting next to me.)
15. Juciy - Better Than Ezra (Because you have to end the train ride with a good theme song for the day.  Today, this was it.  It is on my movie sound track as I strut up to the office.)

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Now I realize that all work parties and gift exchanges have the best intentions.   And I also realize that White Elephant Gift Exchanges are suppose to be funny.  They are suppose to have either good gifts, or gifts that give you a good laugh. However, I have decided to boycott mine this year.

There are two conclusions to this post:

1. That gift exchanges are lame unless you all play in the same conference.
2. I am so cheap my Dad would be proud.

So here I was, at Bed Bath Beyond, where you can really find anything...and Beyond.  The price limit for our White Elephant Gift Exchange was $30.  A perfect amount.  Enough to buy a DVD, and more importantly, enough to buy an As Seen on TV gift.  I debated at the ginormous store of Beyond for over 45 minutes.  Debating between The Bump It, Shame Wow, The Slap Chop, or Ped Egg.  And then I thought, what do I really want?  And what I wanted at that moment was to cuddle up and watch a movie.  (I must say that the Snuggie was not out in stores yet, or else that would have been the obvious choice.)  So instead, I picked out a really nice, red, plush, throw.  One that would accent any couch during this time of year.



And a pair of fuzzy socks to go with it....naturally.

I bring my as-if-martha-wrapped-it-herself package to the party with a jolly grin on my face.  I couldn't wait to see who would fight over my comfy goodness.  Gift after gift was opened.


And I quickly realized.  No one else spent 45 minutes looking at the Beyond and deciding between the Giant Remote or the Fruit Saver Bags.  No.  It became very clear...that everyone ran down to Starbucks, around the corner to the bakery, and in the freaking break room for a can of coke.  That's right.  I spent probably over $30 including tax when Coworker A, walked in the next room and got a free can of coke.  oh but wait, they did wrap it up in Xerox paper.

And so, as I watched cheap gift after cheap gift become unwrapped, I came to my first conclusion. 

1. That gift exchanges are lame unless you all play in the same conference.

We were defintely not all playing in the same conference.  I was playing in SEC, one with lots of thought, hard work, and a budget.  The others were playing in the Sun Belt conference.  That's right, you've never even heard of the Sun Belt conference.

But then I realized the power.  The power of chosing very last.  The power to pick anything I wanted.  My final pick you ask?  Not the Pink Pig wearing a Crown, not the can of coke....The really nice, red, plush, throw and fuzzy socks...naturally.  Because I wanted to cuddle up in my absolute softness.

However, that is when I came to my second conclusion:

    2.  I am so cheap my Dad would be proud.

And so, as I left work that day, I took my really nice, red, plush, throw and fuzzy socks...naturally

and the receipt of purchase, back the ginormous store of Beyond and got my 30 bucks plus tax fully refunded back...SUCKAS!!!

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